## Installation Instructions

This Gauge is for FS2004 ONLY
If you haven't already done so, Unzip driftmeter.zip into a new folder (e.g. driftmeter) where you want to keep the gauge documentation. Then, In that folder, find and move "drift5.cab" to the FS2004 gauges folder. If you want an icon on your desktop to open the Driftmeter Manual, create a shortcut to "Driftmeter Manual.htm" and drag the shortcut to your desktop.
To install the gauge in any FS2004 aircraft:
Using the "Lockheed Vega 5C" as an example:
1. Back up the panel.cfg file in the panel folder (Navigate to "FS2004\aircraft\Lockheed Vega\Panel" and make a copy of panel.cfg and name it "panel_orig.cfg" . Do not confuse the "panel" folder with the one labeled "panel.1".
2. Using Notebook, Edit the panel.cfg file you just backed up in the panel folder. Note that there are several sections in that file, with each title in brackets.

    a.In the "[Window Titles]" section, add at the bottom:

    Window07=driftmeter    //line added by DB

    b. Add the following 11 rows at the bottom of the "[Window06]
    section, just above the [Vcockpit01] section:
    //-------------------------------------------
    [Window07]      //whole section added by DB

    Background_color=0,0,0
    size_mm=284
    window_size_ratio=1.000
    visible=0
    ident=driftmeter
    window_pos= 0.197, 0.061

    gauge00=drift5!drift,  0,0,284,284

This completes the installation instructions. No icon is provided because the gauge window is needed on the "straight down" view, not on the normal Panel view. The gauge should work OK in any FS2004 aircraft. For installation in other aircraft, the only change needed is to make sure the window number is one higher than the previous largest number, and change it in both the window titles section, and the new window section itself.
To uninstall the driftmeter, simply delete the modified panel.cfg file, and rename the backed up panel file as panel.cfg. Then delete the drift5.CAB file from the gauges folder.
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